Archives - 17 May 2017, Wednesday

As part of Afghanistan’s four-year road map to double its 17,000-strong special forces unit and bolster the Afghan Air Force, the U.S. plans to provide Afghanistan with up to 159 refurbished UH-60A Black Hawks to replace its aging fleet of Russian Mi-17 transport helicopters, accordin...

I’m struck by the disconnect between today’s two articles. one how procurement is wasting billions and doesn’t know how to leverage technology and innovation. Then a story that highlights the leveraging of technology and innovation. A program with a history of exoskeleton systems deve...

TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Special Operations Command is struggling to develop and implement technology that will help get a handle on the large amount of information it must sift through to stay informed, make decisions and execute operations. And SOCOM is not alone in the struggle. It’s a p...

SAN DIEGO — Over two decades, Robert Gilbeau rose through the ranks to Navy admiral and earned a chest-full of honors for his service, including a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. During that period he also partied across Southeast Asia with a gregarious Malaysian businessman who paid fo...

Photo released by JNIM showing the shelling of the UN’s base in Timbuktu The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s branch in West Africa, has claimed a mortar barrage on UN peacekeeping forces in the northern Malian city of Timbuktu. Four peacekeepers were wounded,...

A team of several jihadists raided the offices of the National Radio Television of Afghanistan (RTA) in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, earlier today. The assault was quickly claimed online by the Islamic State. Citing local officials, TOLOnews reported there were “five ...

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today called upon the States of Northern Zonal Council (NZC) to take care of Kashmiri people including students and businessmen and ensure that they were not harassed even as the Centre Government was mulling the option of blocking one lakh million ac...

The Navy has implemented a zero-tolerance policy for sharing nude photos of coworkers online without consent — a no-nonsense stance reminiscent of its strict policy on drug use. The Navy issued new guidance in a fleet-wide message Tuesday announcing sailors caught violating new regula...

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Japan, Pakistan’s decades’ old business partner, believes that Pakistan should open China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for countries willing to be the part of the mega plan. “At the moment, only Chinese and Pakistani companies can undertake projects in CPEC, if these restrictions...

The top two officers on the amphibious transport dock Anchorage were relieved Tuesday by the head of the surface Navy following an investigation into on-board "engineering incidents." Former Anchorage commanding officer Capt. Jeffrey Craig and his executive officer, Lt. Cmdr. Joshua J...

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Pakistan has built a nuclear weapons storage facility, till now unknown, at the foot of Peer Than Mountain near Haripur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Evidences suggest Pakistan would have deployed its nuclear missiles of Shaheen series in the facility, posing a grave threat to the whole of I...

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NATO marked the International Day Against Homophobia on Wednesday (17 May 2017) with a tweet by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. He said: “LGBT people everywhere deserve dignity, inclusion and freedom from fear. Diversity makes our open societies stronger and safer.” NATO was a wor...

The U.S. and Norwegian government are discussing whether to extend Marine Corps rotations to Norway beyond 2017, said Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide. “We have, so far in 2017, had a very good experience with the arrangement that we have today and we are, right now, und...

China’s Alibaba Group signs first MoU to enter Pakistani market HANGZHOU: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group signed an MoU with Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) to support development of SMEs and financial services. The development took place after a series of meetin...

IDAHOBIT is a day to recognise and celebrate gender and sexual diversities around the world. It is used as a platform to raise awareness of everyday difficulties, both inside and outside the workplace, experienced by those who do not conform to majority sexual and gender norms. The da...

As 29 heads of government and diplomats return home from the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) summit in Beijing which concluded on Monday, May 15, two questions arise. One, what next for India which boycotted the summit? Two, how will OBOR change the geopolitical dynamic in the arc that swee...

By: Lucy Ellis, Canadian Joint Operations Command Public Affairs A fifty year old man lies on a remote island in Algonquin Park. His back is injured from a fall, and he has trouble breathing. Snow showers cloud the sky. The situation is worrisome until a loud, welcome sound breaks thr...

The lighter side of Navy SEAL romances–what happens when you strip them down and throw a woman they can’t resist in their path… The first three stories in the SEALs Undone series by NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author Zoe York! Fall Out (Drew and Annie’s story) Drew Castle is a Navy ...

600,000 illegal Afghan refugees living in Pakistan PESHAWAR: There are presently 600,000 illegal Afghan refugees living in different parts of Pakistan The chief commissioner of Afghan refugees in Pakistan said on Tuesday. Dr Imran Zeb was speaking at the closing ceremony of Refugee Af...

BRUSSELS, May 17, 2017 — NATO chiefs of defense are discussing issues from Afghanistan to Russia to the southern flank during the 177th Military Committee meeting here today. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with his counterparts during a NAT...

To our country’s credit, we now recognize the service and sacrifice of caregivers who bear the burden of helping severely wounded veterans find some semblance of quality of life. The passage of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 allowed the Department of V...

Starlord said: ↑ Starts from 0:50 second , they are T-80UD's , later comes Zarrar .. but AK steal the show Click to expand... ah yes i see, thanks, the khalids have a v plating amour on the turret whilst the t-80's have sloped amour and the zarras are the smaller tank at the end, at 0...

Head of the Presidency's Foreign Relations Department Ayşe Sözen Usluer said the April 16 referendum will be the beginning of a new era in foregin relations. She underlined that the U.K., despite leaving the EU is still a part of the Western alliance and the same will be applied for T...

We are looking forward to welcoming visitors to the College for what promises to be a free fun day out for all the family Lieutenant Commander Gary Mills, First Lieutenant at BRNC Dartmouth Members of the public will be able to look around the building and learn about the history of t...

​U.S Special Operations Command has had a hand in virtually every major military operation since 9/11. One of the most important missions of the headquarters and Special Operations Forces Acquisition Technology and Logistics (SOF AT&L) is getting the latest technology into the hands o...